Improving methods for diagnosing occupational hearing loss

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Introduction. Since the share of sensorineural hearing loss in the structure of occupational morbidity in the Russian Federation increased by 1.5 times in 2018 compared to 2007, it is essential to ensure the reliability of the results of diagnostic studies to establish the fact of hearing impairment as a result of occupational noise.

Materials and methods. Retrospectively for the period 2008-2017 the analysis of the prevalence and dynamics of occupational hearing loss in the Republic of Bashkortostan (RB) was carried out. Objectification of the state of the auditory sensory analyzer was carried out in 30 patients with occupational hearing loss using tonal threshold audiometry and registration of short-latency auditory evoked potentials.

Results. In the RB, the number of occupational diseases caused by exposure to physical factors has doubled, mainly due to occupational hearing loss with a mild course of the process. The obtained indicators of short-latency auditory evoked potentials determined the difference in the latencies of the recorded potentials, amplitudes and intervals in persons with impaired auditory function of professional origin and in a group of persons from the control group who did not have industrial acoustic contact.

Conclusion. The increase in the number of patients with occupational hearing loss requires the development of measures for their timely and objective diagnosis and medical care. The method of recording short-latency auditory evoked potentials is sensitive and quite informative in diagnosing hearing loss from exposure to occupational noise.

Contribution:
Volgareva A.D. — concept and design of research, writing, editing;
Shaykhlislamova E.R., Gimranova G.G. — concept and study design, editing;
Gallyamova S.A. — collection and processing, statistical analysis, writing of the text;
Shapoval I.V. — collection and processing, statistical processing;
Chudnovets G.M., Hafizova A.S. — collection and processing of the material.
All authors are responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript and approval of the manuscript final version.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement. The study had no sponsorship.

Received: May 6, 2021 / Accepted: September 28, 2021 / Published: November 30, 2021

About the authors

Alfiya D. Volgareva

Ufa Research Institute of Occupational Health and Human Ecology

Author for correspondence.
Email: ad-volgareva@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4875-1247

MD, PhD, Senior Researcher of the Ufa Institute of Occupational Health and Human Ecology, Ufa, 450106, Russian Federation.

e-mail: ad-volgareva@yandex.ru

Russian Federation

Elmira R. Shaikhlislamova

Ufa Research Institute of Occupational Health and Human Ecology; Bashkir State Medical University

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6127-7703
Russian Federation

Svetlana A. Gallyamova

Ufa Research Institute of Occupational Health and Human Ecology

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9457-1274
Russian Federation

Galina G. Gimranova

Ufa Research Institute of Occupational Health and Human Ecology; Bashkir State Medical University

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8476-1223
Russian Federation

Inna V. Shapoval

Ufa Research Institute of Occupational Health and Human Ecology

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3258-2477
Russian Federation

Guzel M. Chudnovets

Ufa Research Institute of Occupational Health and Human Ecology

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5807-2037
Russian Federation

Alsu S. Hafizova

Ufa Research Institute of Occupational Health and Human Ecology

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3428-0085
Russian Federation

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